Hose connection.



No. 647,022. Patented Apr. ID, |900).

` F. H. PARADICE.

(Application filed July 24, 1899.)

(No Model.)

NiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOSE CONNECTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 647,022, dated April 10, 1900. Application led J'uly 24, 1899. Serial No. 725,024. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

' Be it known that 1, FRANK H. PARADIcE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and. State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hose Connections, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hose connections or menders used to connect two sections of hose togethergenerally to connect hose that has had a defective piece cut out, but is also usefultojoin two or more sections of unused hose.

l-Iosemenders have heretofore been made of an inner tube of metal or wood, the hose fastened thereto by bands of wire or rings of metal clamped on in different ways. Among the defects of these different styles of repaircouplings are insufficient grip or tenacity, excepting when fastened by the use of special tools not generally available at dwellings where garden-hose is chieiy used; the catching of clamps (whether of wire or those fastened with screws) on the edges of sidewalksor other obstacles when dragging hose fromone point to another7 due to the uneven and unsuitable exterior form of the clamps, this causing the user to return to free the hose or the joint to pull apart bythe extra strain required to free it, and the early wearlng out of the menders as heretofore made.

My invention -overcomes the objectionsY named above, increases the lasting qualities of h0semenders and hose, and by simplifying their construction decreases their cost.

I accomplish what is before said in favor of my invention by making it in one piece of metal, by preference of cast-brass or malleable iron, and making it globular in form, (when attached,) the most suitable shape for the purpose, as is shown on the accompanying drawings and is explained in these specilication.

Figure 1 shows the hose-mender as it appears when fastened byhammering down the points or lingers F. Fig. 2 is a cross-section at A A on Figs. 1, 4, and 5. Fig. 3is a crosssection of Fig. 1 at B B, showing hose C cut through. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of mender before being fastened by hammering down points F. Fig. 5 is an elevation of mender 5o before being fastened on hose.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

4O represents the hose; E, slots in outer shell of mender; F, points or lingers in outer shell of mender, and G the inner tube of men'der.

The manner in which this repairer is attached is as follows: The inner tube G of mender is forced into hose, as indicated at Fig. 4, and the points or fingers F on an outer 6o portion or shell are hammered down, causing them to bend in and grip the hose C against the inner tube G, assuming at one end of mender the form shown at Fig. l. The end of the other piece of hose is inserted and fastened in like manner. Then the whole mender assumes the appearance of Fig. l.

Although this description is in relation to the use of this mender (or joiner, as it might properly be called) as a hose-joiner, it 7o is equally serviceable as a joiner of lead pipe or any tube or pipe of du'ctile metal or other pliable or yielding material. The fastening feature of this joiner might be applied. to stop-cocks, faucets, or other fittings for use with pipe or tubing, particularly lead pipe.

Having described my invention andits use, what I claimpas new, and for which I desire VLetters Patent, is-

l. A hose, pipe, or tube joiner, made com- 8o plete in one piece, having an inner tube for insertion into tube to be joined, and an outer portion or shell which will surround the tube to be joined; said outer portion having its edges longitudinally slotted substantially as 8 5 shown.

2. A hose clamp or band in the shape of a cylinder having its edges slotted longitudinally.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature 9o in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK n. FAEADICE.

`Witnesses:

FRANK M. HAVENS, HELEN M. DEAN. 

